AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (A*STAR), SINGAPORE IMAGE: Eye of a patient with exfoliation syndrome. The typical white exfoliation material deposits on the surface of the lens are visible (red arrows) with the aid of a slit lamp at 16x magnification under white light. Exfoliation material may not be visible on unaided exam. CREDIT:...
by NYU Langone Health Acute angle closure glaucoma of the right eye (intraocular pressure was 42 in the right eye). Credit: James Heilman, MD/Wikipedia A chemical known to protect nerve cells also slows glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness, results of a new study in rats show. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine,...
by University of Birmingham Acute angle closure glaucoma of the right eye (intraocular pressure was 42 in the right eye). Credit: James Heilman, MD/Wikipedia Scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, have shown that a novel low molecular weight dextran-sulphate, ILB could play a key role in treating open angle glaucoma (OAG), a neurodegenerative disease that...
by University of California – San Diego Example of retinal ganglion cells with axons and dendrites in the retina of a healthy eye. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Many neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma to Alzheimer’s disease, are characterized by injury to axons—the long, slender projections that conduct electrical impulses from one nerve cell to another,...
by Karolinska Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the search for new ways to treat the incurable eye disease glaucoma, researchers at Karolinska Institute and St. Erik Eye Hospital have discovered more clues as to its pathogenesis. A new study shows how metabolic disturbance of the neurons coincide with raised pressure in the eye. In animal...
by Deborah Kotz, University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have for the first time identified stem cells in the region of the optic nerve, which transmits signals from the eye to the brain. The finding, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National...
by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Francesca Marassi, Ph.D., director of the Cancer, Molecules and Structures Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and senior author of the study Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that the blood protein vitronectin is a...
by NYU Langone Health After a brain injury, cells that normally nourish nerves may actually kill them instead, a new study in rodents finds. This “reactive” phenomenon may be the driving factor behind neurodegenerative diseases like glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study examined what...
by NYU Langone Health After a brain injury, cells that normally nourish nerves may actually kill them instead, a new study in rodents finds. This “reactive” phenomenon may be the driving factor behind neurodegenerative diseases like glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study examined what...
by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Just as the brain is a privileged organ, so too are the eyes. Often poetically called the windows to the soul, a unique set of studies has begun to regard the eyes in another way. Like the brain, the eyes lack the classic lymphatic vessels responsible for the circulation...
